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Modern Baku
Baku impressed me. The city appeared like a cross between the south of France with the American Orlando - clean sidewalks, a large number of parks, neat facades, long promenade with cafes in the Italian style, smiling people on the streets, strange sculptures and well-kept historic center, where they filmed the famous scene from "Diamond hands "about" chort poberi "," Tsygel tsygel ah-lu-lu "and" Rousseau tourists look morale »...
In the 94th year, Azerbaijan signed the "Contract of the Century" - the agreement on share distribution of oil products produced in its territory. According to him 80% of the total net profit battered Azerbaijan despite the fact that the country's economy by foreign oil companies invested 11, 5 billion USD:
2.
After this, the country began to develop rapidly and be built, although the old oil "rocking" still remained in Baku, practically within the city limits:
3.
Today Baku - is a modern metropolis with five star hotels and London kebami as a taxi:
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Azerbaijan is translated as "Land of Fire". Oil and gas are deposited very close to the surface, and in many places, digging out a flame. There's even a few fire-worshipers temple. This, for example, stopped Athanasius Nikitin, and Nobel Mendeleyev:
6.
Now in Baku already being completed 3 tallest buildings that just be called Flame Towers will symbolize the fire emanating from the earth, but to me they are more like gnarled fingers:
7.
They can be seen from almost anywhere in the city:
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By landscaped promenade nice stroll:
10.
This cafe is a former mayor saw somewhere in Italy in the last century and ordered to Baku the same:
11.
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Next year Baku will host the Eurovision Song Contest. To this end, next to the world's largest flag build a special arena:
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14.
And this building under construction Carpet Museum:
15.
The architecture is similar to the European one. A lot of expensive shops:
16.
And this is the spitting image of Orlando. It remains only to Disneyland next build:
17.
Parks and fountains flow from one to the other:
18.
19,
Entrance to the subway:
20.
On the streets of many funny sculptures:
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In Baku, there is a belief that if the favorite does not call for a long time, we have to embrace the statue and it will definitely come back into your life:
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If you turn off the main streets, you can be in the wonderful Italian courtyard:
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In the old town selling souvenirs to tourists:
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On the streets of the old town, you can often observe people enthusiastic game of backgammon:
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Cafe called "hell." Located in 3 minutes from "the same place»:
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"Rousseau tourists - look morale!" - This street is right around the corner:
40.
Well, just at this door fell Mironov Nikulin:
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In the 94th year, Azerbaijan signed the "Contract of the Century" - the agreement on share distribution of oil products produced in its territory. According to him 80% of the total net profit battered Azerbaijan despite the fact that the country's economy by foreign oil companies invested 11, 5 billion USD:
2.
After this, the country began to develop rapidly and be built, although the old oil "rocking" still remained in Baku, practically within the city limits:
3.
Today Baku - is a modern metropolis with five star hotels and London kebami as a taxi:
4.
5.
Azerbaijan is translated as "Land of Fire". Oil and gas are deposited very close to the surface, and in many places, digging out a flame. There's even a few fire-worshipers temple. This, for example, stopped Athanasius Nikitin, and Nobel Mendeleyev:
6.
Now in Baku already being completed 3 tallest buildings that just be called Flame Towers will symbolize the fire emanating from the earth, but to me they are more like gnarled fingers:
7.
They can be seen from almost anywhere in the city:
8.
9.
By landscaped promenade nice stroll:
10.
This cafe is a former mayor saw somewhere in Italy in the last century and ordered to Baku the same:
11.
12.
Next year Baku will host the Eurovision Song Contest. To this end, next to the world's largest flag build a special arena:
13.
14.
And this building under construction Carpet Museum:
15.
The architecture is similar to the European one. A lot of expensive shops:
16.
And this is the spitting image of Orlando. It remains only to Disneyland next build:
17.
Parks and fountains flow from one to the other:
18.
19,
Entrance to the subway:
20.
On the streets of many funny sculptures:
21.
22,
23,
24.
25.
26.
In Baku, there is a belief that if the favorite does not call for a long time, we have to embrace the statue and it will definitely come back into your life:
27.
28.
If you turn off the main streets, you can be in the wonderful Italian courtyard:
29.
30.
31.
32.
In the old town selling souvenirs to tourists:
33.
34.
On the streets of the old town, you can often observe people enthusiastic game of backgammon:
35.
36.
37.
38.
Cafe called "hell." Located in 3 minutes from "the same place»:
39
"Rousseau tourists - look morale!" - This street is right around the corner:
40.
Well, just at this door fell Mironov Nikulin:
41.
sergeydolya.livejournal.com
Source: